More crowds than usual are expected this year in the Eternal City. We explain what the Jubilee is, how to navigate the crowds ...

In Rome, the Catholic Church is celebrating a Jubilee year. The Jubilee is anticipated to attract over 30 million visitors to ...

March 13 (UPI) -- Pope Francis marked the 12th year of his pontificate Thursday while still recovering from lung infection.

Pope Francis holds an audience with donors of the St. Peter's Square Christmas tree and Nativity scene, at the Vatican (photo credit: REMO CASSILI/REUTERS) Pope Francis, battling double pneumonia ...

Pope Francis has been hospitalized at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital since mid-February, where he has been battling double pneumonia. On Friday, he had a sudden respiratory episode, which required him to ...

(Credit: Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images ... RELATED:Pope Francis delivers Christmas message, calls for 'silence of arms' The pope, who has chronic lung disease and had part of ...

On Ash Wednesday, observant Catholics receive a sign of the cross in ashes on their foreheads, a gesture that underscores human mortality. It is an obligatory day of fasting and abstinence for ...

In a press release, the Vatican recalled his involvement in several ... He also opened the Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica on Christmas Eve to begin the Jubilee of Hope, then opened another ...

Today, nearly 2.5 million children worldwide are fed by Mary’s Meals, a global movement founded by Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow.

On Thursday, the Vatican will mark the 12th anniversary of Francis’ election, the first with the pope out of sight but still ...